Transnet backs down from tariff increase after customers cry foul
State-owned logistics giant back-pedals on some manganese lines after threat of legal action
Transnet has back-pedalled on steep increases it sought to implement on some of its container freight lines used to transport manganese out of the Northern Cape, after being threatened with legal action by a small client and causing consternation among others.
Unhappy customers say the threatened increases would have amounted to almost 190% in some instances and flout promises by the state to reduce the cost of doing business in SA. They also fly in the face of efforts to support small and emerging businesses, including junior mines, operating in economically deprived regions such as the Northern Cape, worried clients told Business Day. ..
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